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History

A group describing itself as "The Edinburgh University Foot Ball Club" played three matches in 1851. On the 25th of January, it played against the 93rd regiment, awarding medals to the winning team of the Regiment.JOURNAL, Bell's Life in London, 1851-02-02, 6, "A Spectator", Football, No further activity by the club was documented for over a decade.WEB, The oldest football medal in the world,weblink 2020-07-15, The Club won its first trophy, the Edinburgh Shield in 1883. Historically it is the most successful footballing university in Scotland.WEB, New era for football club,weblink 2020-08-22, The University of Edinburgh, en, The club has won the Edinburgh Shield once, the Queen's Park Shield 26 times (including eight successive wins from 1973–74 to 1981–82),the East of Scotland Amateur Cup once, the Scottish Qualifying Cup (South) once, the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup three times, the British University Sports Association (BUSA) Cup once and the King Cup three times.The most recent achievements of the club include winning the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup in 2005, and finishing in second position in the East of Scotland Premier Division in 2007–08. In October 2006, the side beat Vale of Leithen 3–0 to reach the first round proper of the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1972–73. In November 2006, they defeated Keith to proceed to the second round of the Scottish Cup for only the second time in the club's history, and 106 years after their first appearance at this stage. The team's 2006 cup run was halted by Cowdenbeath, who defeated the university 5–1 at Central Park on 9 December 2006.NEWS,weblink BBC, BBC Sport The club was admitted to the Lowland Football League for the 2014–15 season.WEB,weblink Lowland League announces new members for next season, BBC Sport, BBC, 28 April 2014, 29 April 2014, Their best finishing position is 6th place in 2015–16.Dorian Ogunro, a former Edinburgh University 1st XI player returned to coach the Under 21 Team after graduating and was the Uni's head coach from 2013 to 2023.WEB, Coaching Staff • Edinburgh University Association Football Club,weblink Edinburgh University Association Football Club, en-GB, 2020-05-31, WEB, 2013-06-15, Head Coach Appointment • Edinburgh University Association Football Club,weblink 2020-09-03, Edinburgh University Association Football Club, en-GB, In June 2023 Sean McAuley was appointed as head coach.

Season-by-season record

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bgcolor="#efefef"!rowspan="2"|Season!rowspan="2"|Division!rowspan="2"|Tier!colspan="6"|League!rowspan="2"|Scottish Cup! Finish! Played! Wins! Draws! Losses! Points Edinburgh University A.F.C.2014–15Lowland League511th268414282014–15 Scottish Cup#Preliminary round, losing to Hurlford United F.C.>Hurlford United2015–16Lowland League56th2813312422015–16 Scottish Cup#Second round, losing to Inverurie Loco Works F.C.>Inverurie Loco Works2016–17Lowland League511th3010713372016–17 Scottish Cup#First round, losing to Whitehill Welfare F.C.>Whitehill Welfare2017–18Lowland League511th309714342017–18 Scottish Cup#Second round, losing to Fraserburgh F.C.>Fraserburgh2018–19Lowland League511th287912302018–19 Scottish Cup#First round, losing to Whitehill Welfare F.C.>Whitehill Welfare2019–20Lowland League514th†252617122019–20 Scottish Cup#First round, losing to Lochee United F.C.>Lochee United2020–21Lowland League516th†15121252020–21 Scottish Cup#Preliminary round two, losing to Tranent Juniors F.C.>Tranent Juniors2021–22Lowland League516th348719312021–22 Scottish Cup#First round, losing to Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C.>Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale2022–23Lowland League518th345130162022–23 Scottish Cup#First round, losing to Gretna F.C. 2008>Gretna 2008† Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours

East of Scotland Football League

• Runners-up: 1974–75, 2007–08

East of Scotland Football League First Division

• Runners-up: 2000–01

King Cup

• Winners: 1976–77, 2006–07, 2013–14

East of Scotland Shield

• Winners: 1882–83

See also

• Edinburgh University Hutchison Vale F.C., women's team run in conjunction with Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C.NEWS, Dawn of a new era at Edinburgh University Hutchison Vale,weblink 16 February 2018, The Student (newspaper), The Student, 25 January 2017, WEB, Edinburgh University Hutchison Vale,weblink 16 February 2018, EUWAFC, 16 February 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180216204747weblink">weblink dead,

References

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External links

• Edinburgh University AFC

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